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  • 2011 Land Rover DC100 Concept

    With so much of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show revealed online in the week before the gates actually opened at the city's Messe, the Land Rover DC100 concept could have been one of that pre-seen crowd. Land Rover had shown the hardtop Defender replacement on the Web as well--but it saved a cut-down, roofless DC100 Sport as a Frankfurt show surprise. Both of the concepts are precursors to a new Defender, to come in 2015. The uber-rugged ute doesn't have a firm place in the North American lineup yet, but Land Rover is readying a vehicle with some of the DC100's looks and features for production...

  • Bug Labs hardware modules
    Hack Your Own Car! (No, Really, Ford Says It's Okay)

    Maybe it has something to do with the start of the auto show season. Or maybe it's because we're fast approaching the 30-year anniversary of War Games. But whatever the reason, the subject of hacking is clearly a hot topic in car circles. Last week, you might recall that MacAfee issued an alarming...

  • Volvo Concept You
    Volvo Concept You Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Billed as an evolution of the Concept Universe, the latest forward-looking design out of Volvo is the Concept You, unveiled today in Frankfurt. Taking the full-size sedan conceptualization to the next level might hint that plans for a futuristic Volvo flagship might not be as dead as previously...

  • 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster
    2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Though the 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster has already made its North American debut at Laguna Seca, complete with a video walkaround from product manager Rob Moran, we can't skip the opportunity to bring you these live images from the floor of the Frankfurt show. The Frankfurt showing is...

  • Subaru XV (European spec)
    Subaru XV Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Revealed in concept form at this year's Shanghai Auto Show and teased in production trim last month, the Subaru XV crossover is on the floor of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. American Subaru fans will note (very strong) similarities to what we call the Outback Sport, but Subaru is billing the XV as...

  • Ford Fiesta ST Concept live photos
    Ford Fiesta ST Concept Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Unveiled this morning to the web's salivating hordes of hot-hatch mongers, the Fiesta ST Concept is a tantalizing piece of small-footprint sportiness. And it looks just as good in person as it does in the official images. Dressed in a sharp shade of red with some nice five-spoke alloy wheels and...

  • 2013 Fisker Surf

    Shooting brake, n.: (1) A sports car, generally a two-door coupe, with an elongated roof and hatchback-like rear cargo area; (2) completely awesome. The 2013 Fisker Surf, though it's a five-door and perhaps more accurately categorized as a sports hatchback or as a member of the funky new breed of "GT" sedans/hatches, satisfies nearly all of our requirements for classification as a shooting brake. It mates the low-slung, sporty proportions of a sports car with the sleek extended roof and cargo area of a hatch. We're not going to worry too hard about the ontological implications, however: the...

  • 2015 Infiniti electric luxury sedan teaser sketch
    2015 Infiniti Electric Sedan Sketch: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Infiniti's mainstream sister brand, Nissan, has been selling the LEAF electric vehicle just about as quickly as it can build it, but so far, there's been no luxury version for the premium marque. That's going to change in 2014 according to a speech given by Shiro Nakamura, Infiniti's chief creative...

  • Maserati Kubang SUV
    Maserati Kubang SUV Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Love it or hate it, the SUV has taken the luxury market by storm since its introduction, and only a few brands still don't have at least one offering in the segment. That number is one smaller today, however, as Maserati introduced the Kubang at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. The first thing you're...

  • Ford Fiesta ST Concept
    Ford Fiesta ST Concept Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Though its bigger, production-bound brother, the 2012 Focus ST, stole the hot-hatch limelight yesterday, today Ford released the Fiesta ST Concept, and it just might be the more interesting of the two. Packing a 177-horsepower turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine inside an exterior that...

  • Ford Focus ST five-door, Frankfurt Motor Show, September 2011
    2012 Ford Focus ST Hatchback Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Live photos of the upcoming 2012 Ford Focus ST from the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show give us a taste of what to expect when the car arrives here in the U.S.

  • 2011 Brabus High Performance 4WD Full Electric concept car
    Brabus All-Electric, AWD Mercedes-Benz E-Class: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    There's no dearth of delicious OEM sheet metal in the halls of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, but that's no reason to overlook the aftermarket--particularly when it's as impressive as Brabus' all-electric rendition of the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. Powered by four in-wheel electric motors (making it...

  • Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept

    Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelman confirmed today in Frankfurt that 20 Sesto Elemento supercars will be built. Unfortunately, all 20 are already spoken for, but such is the way of the extreme upper echelon of the car world. The Sesto Elemento is almost entirely built of carbon fiber, powered by a familiar 5.2-liter Gallardo V-10, capable of reaching 60 mph in under 2.5 seconds, and weighs just 2,200 pounds. It's also a hyper-limited-edition, likely hand-built example of exotica. The concept was first unveiled last fall at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. Shortly after, rumors of its potential for...

  • 2012 Audi RS5 live photos
    2012 Audi RS5 Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    We're finally getting some more RS loving from Audi, and it's coming in the svelte form of the 2012 RS5. Sure, we'll have to wait until next year, but for now, we have these live images of the car from the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. With a 450-horsepower, 4.2-liter V-8, quattro all-wheel drive, and...

  • 2012 Bentley Continental GTC live photos
    2012 Bentley Continental GTC Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    Six liters of W-12 goodness. Five-hundred sixty-seven horsepower. A convertible top. Classic style through a modern lens. The 2012 Bentley Continental GTC. When the 2012 Continental GTC first showed its face to the web in August, it revealed the characteristically fine craftwork and attention to...

  • 2012 Audi A5 DTM race car live photos
    2012 Audi A5 DTM Live Photos: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    What's wrong with a hot German sports coupe getting a full-on, ground-up, carbon fiber monocoque race treatment? Nothing at all, that's what. Here's the proof. These live images of the 2012 Audi A5 DTM car show that, whatever BMW's M3 DTM car and Mercedes-Benz's AMG DTM car have to offer on track...

  • 2011 Kia GT Concept
    Kia GT concept revealed ahead of 2011 Frankfurt auto show

    It has certainly taken the company too long to get around to designing a sports car, but Kia's first rear-wheel drive car is a beauty, and it's packing a V-6 turbo, too. Perhaps it's making up for lost time. Kia says it's been thinking about a high-performance rear-drive car for a while now, but...

  • 2011 Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept
    Mercedes-Benz F125! Concept: Fuel Cells Still Waiting On Tomorrow

    While the rest of the auto world dives deeply hybrids and electric cars at this year's Frankfurt Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz is still convinced the hydrogen fuel cell is the powertrain of the future--absolutely by the year 2050, and likely much sooner than that if new hydrogen-storage technology can...

  • 2012 Ford Racing Focus ST-R race car

    The 2012 Ford Focus ST gets a racing variant, which can be ordered as a turn-key setup straight from Ford dealers here in North America.

  • Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version
    Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel Version debuts at 2011 Frankfurt auto show

    Previewed with scant details and only a handful of photos 11 days ago, the Infiniti FX Sebastian Vettel version is now officially out, and it's a bruiser of a crossover. While it's not quite as maniacal as, say BMW's X6 M, the 414-horsepower FX is still capable of 60 mph in 5.6 seconds. It also...

  • Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale
    Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    The Lamborghini Gallardo is growing a bit long in the tooth, due for replacement in the next year or so, and it's starting to show it. Never you mind that, however, as there's another special-edition version out today in Frankfurt: the LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Stradale. Despite its slightly...

  • 2012 Ford Focus ST
    2012 Ford Focus ST Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    The 2012 Ford Focus gets a high-performance hot-hatch variant in the form of the 2012 Focus ST, revealed in Frankfurt and on its way to the U.S.

  • 2013 Lexus GS 450h
    2013 Lexus GS 450h Preview: 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show

    The 2013 Lexus GS 350 was just revealed a few weeks ago at Pebble Beach, and now it's time for it's bigger, hybrid brother to take the stage: the 2013 GS 450h has made its debut ahead of the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Powered by a 3.5-liter V-6 sporting an Atkinson Cycle valve timing, 13:1...

  • Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition
    Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition Gets New Colors

    The Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Edition, first released in late 2009, today gets a pair of new colors as it preps to debut at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. Flame Orange and Ceramic Grey join the existing Carbon Black color for the new release. The Carbon Edition DBS is essentially the same DBS...

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